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Good morning, America. It's February 16th, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop every morning for more headlines from around the world.Some big results out of English soccer over the weekend: First, Arsenal beat front-runners Leicester City 2-1. Then Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-1. I hope Leicester can win it, but if not it looks like someone in London will.Manchester United also lost… To Sunderland (lol).After Liverpool beat Aston Villa 6-0 (!), Villa defender Joleon Lescott did something stupid. He tweeted this:Hockey Fight! McIlrath vs Simmond. Madison Square Garden. One night only.--Have something you'd like to see here? Email me Brian@vicesports.com or get at me on Twitter @BKBlick
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We rounded up all the great responses to his tweet here.Later Lescott apologized, sort of.
Nikita Kamaev, the former head of Russia's anti-doping unit, has died of an apparent heart attack. Kamaev was at the center of the ongoing Russian doping scandal.In the Six Nations cup, England dismantled Italy 40-9 through a Jonathan Joseph hattrick. The first half was quite close. France beat Ireland 10-9, and Wales beat Scotland 27-23.Nicky Butt, one of the members of Manchester United's famous Class of '92, has taken over as the club's academy director.Speaking of United, the club filmed a documentary about Antonio Valencia's youth in Ecuador that's worth checking out.
The BBC has the lowdown on a huge doping scandal that's rocking Algerian soccer.